xml5ever
v0.39.0 GrowingPush based streaming parser for XML.
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 175 crates
- ✓Team maintained (4 owners)
- ✓Tiny footprint (42KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
1.5M downloads in the last 30 days, down 27% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.
175 crates depend on xml5ever. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
The primary maintainer publishes 117 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 10+ years old, xml5ever hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 41KB, xml5ever is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
11% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include markup5ever_rcdom, html2text, librsvg, blitz-html, graphannis-malloc_size_of. When high-quality crates choose xml5ever, it's a strong quality signal.
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